diff --git a/stores/__tests__/email-store-send-folder-counts.test.ts b/stores/__tests__/email-store-send-folder-counts.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..650b14dae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stores/__tests__/email-store-send-folder-counts.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
+import { useEmailStore } from '../email-store';
+import { useAuthStore } from '../auth-store';
+import type { IJMAPClient } from '@/lib/jmap/client-interface';
+import type { Mailbox } from '@/lib/jmap/types';
+
+// Sending destroys the autosaved draft. The folder counts have to follow the
+// send itself, not the push that arrives some time later: until then Drafts
+// still counted the draft that was just sent (#1412).
+
+function mailbox(id: string, role: string, totalEmails: number): Mailbox {
+  return { id, name: role, role, sortOrder: 0, totalEmails, unreadEmails: 0, totalThreads: totalEmails, unreadThreads: 0, isSubscribed: true } as Mailbox;
+}
+
+const flush = () => new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 0));
+
+describe('folder counts after a send', () => {
+  let client: IJMAPClient;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    vi.restoreAllMocks();
+    client = {
+      getAccountId: () => 'acc-1',
+      pruneEmailSubmissions: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue(0),
+      sendEmail: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({ scheduled: false, emailId: 'sent-1', emailSubmissionId: 'sub-1' }),
+      // What the server holds once the send returned: the draft is gone.
+      getAllMailboxesWithState: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({
+        mailboxes: [mailbox('mb-drafts', 'drafts', 0), mailbox('mb-sent', 'sent', 1)],
+        states: { 'acc-1': 'm2' },
+      }),
+    } as unknown as IJMAPClient;
+    useAuthStore.setState({ client });
+    useEmailStore.setState({
+      emails: [],
+      // The autosaved draft, counted before the send.
+      mailboxes: [mailbox('mb-drafts', 'drafts', 1), mailbox('mb-sent', 'sent', 0)],
+      mailboxSyncStates: { 'acc-1': 'm1' },
+      selectedMailbox: 'mb-drafts',
+      pendingUndoSend: null,
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('stops counting the sent draft once the send returns', async () => {
+    await useEmailStore.getState().sendEmail(client, ['bob@example.net'], 'Subject', 'body', undefined, undefined, undefined, undefined, 'draft-1');
+    await flush();
+
+    const drafts = useEmailStore.getState().mailboxes.find((mb) => mb.role === 'drafts');
+    const sent = useEmailStore.getState().mailboxes.find((mb) => mb.role === 'sent');
+    expect(drafts?.totalEmails).toBe(0);
+    expect(sent?.totalEmails).toBe(1);
+  });
+
+  it("leaves the folders alone when the send went through another account's login", async () => {
+    const otherLogin = { ...client, getAllMailboxesWithState: vi.fn() } as unknown as IJMAPClient;
+    await useEmailStore.getState().sendEmail(otherLogin, ['bob@example.net'], 'Subject', 'body', undefined, undefined, undefined, undefined, 'draft-1');
+    await flush();
+
+    expect(otherLogin.getAllMailboxesWithState).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(useEmailStore.getState().mailboxes.find((mb) => mb.role === 'drafts')?.totalEmails).toBe(1);
+  });
+
+  it('keeps the counts after a failed send', async () => {
+    vi.mocked(client.sendEmail).mockRejectedValueOnce(new Error('refused'));
+    await expect(useEmailStore.getState().sendEmail(client, ['bob@example.net'], 'Subject', 'body')).rejects.toThrow('refused');
+    await flush();
+
+    expect(client.getAllMailboxesWithState).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(useEmailStore.getState().mailboxes.find((mb) => mb.role === 'drafts')?.totalEmails).toBe(1);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/stores/email-store.ts b/stores/email-store.ts
index 30343a07b..09528c64b 100644
--- a/stores/email-store.ts
+++ b/stores/email-store.ts
@@ -4298,6 +4298,11 @@ export const useEmailStore = create<EmailStore>((set, get) => ({
       // Each send leaves a submission record; sweep the ones that can go
       // (throttled per account by the client).
       void client.pruneEmailSubmissions();
+      // The send destroyed the saved draft and filed the message in Sent, but
+      // the folder counts only followed once a push arrived, so Drafts kept
+      // counting the sent draft for a moment after the composer closed
+      // (#1412). Only for the active login: the store's folders are its own.
+      if (useAuthStore.getState().client === client) void get().fetchMailboxes(client);
       // Refresh handled by UI layer for immediate feedback
       set({
         isLoading: false,